Louis Theroux: Law and Disorder in Johannesburg
One of the installments in the Louis Theroux Law and Disorder Series (imdb)
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Louis Theroux: Law and Disorder in Johannesburg

2008
Documentary
2h 0m
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Rated 30 Jan 2014
80
78th
A top tier documentary for Louis in terms of how interesting the subject is and how amazing it is that the documentary was even made at all. Louis fearless in his pursuit of understanding his subjects, and to see people in such circumstances open up and reveal themselves to the extent that they do is extraordinary. From making fun of UFO hunters to this, Louis has come a very long way.
Rated 04 Mar 2009
90
91st
Louis Theroux\'s deceitful child-like interview style allows him to ask some basic but tough questions and it works wonderfully here. He manages to probe those who\'s lives are connected with gang life by simply asking \"why do you do it?\" And \"why don\'t you tell the police about who you shot you?\" Yes, we know the answer, and so does Louis: the unspoken code of never ratting on anyone. What\'s interesting is how the interviewees handle such questions that I\'m sure they never even ask themselves.
Rated 21 May 2011
60
71st
Split into two parts, the Philadelphia hour is very average (if you\'ve seen The Wire or any one of the billion cop docs that come out of the US, you\'ve seen it all before) but the Johannesburg section is much more enlightening, following the vigilante \'security firms\' around and seeing how impoverished and brutal life can be for the poor of the city. Theroux himself could be absent for both as it\'s what we see not what he says that matters here.
Rated 04 Jan 2010
16
90th
Two hours is far too brief a look at something so vast and intangible, but the filmmakers do their best to narrow the focus. Louis\'s faux-naïveté is the perfect lens through which to view these people\'s situations: they\'re often built upon and perpetuated by such ridiculous premises (like \"stop snitching\") that they crumble under even a cursory and ostensibly uninformed examination. There are no real solutions proposed, but then what possible solutions are there?
Rated 06 Jun 2009
70
77th
Insight into the violence and insecurity of our times.
Rated 27 Jan 2010
65
71st
Not even quirky style of Louis Theroux could make these documentaries any brighter. Life in the streets of Philadelphia seems depressing, but I was really shocked by hopelessness, poverty and violence in Johannesburg. Unusually heavy Theroux documentary.
Rated 15 Apr 2017
60
33rd
District 9 makes Johannesburg look like Disneyland.
Rated 03 Jun 2015
80
77th
How come no one has commented on that criminal at the end who talks about throwing babies in ovens and cutting throats and shooting everyone but talks like a Disney pirate.
Rated 06 Jun 2010
4
35th
Philadelphia part was way over the top and ridiculously one sided and we were able to get the picture in Johannesburg after a minute. Mostly boring with a few insightful things but really not worth watching.
Rated 15 May 2022
70
67th
someone gon get burned

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